injure
English
Etymology
From injury, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪndʒɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪndʒə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪndʒə(ɹ)
Verb
injure (third-person singular simple present injures, present participle injuring, simple past and past participle injured)
- (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
- (transitive) To damage or impair.
- (transitive) To do injustice to.
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Translations
to wound or cause physical harm
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to cause damage or impair
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to do injustice to
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French
Etymology
From Old French injurie, borrowed from Latin injuria, iniūria.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.ʒyʁ/
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Noun
injure f (plural injures)
Related terms
References
“injure” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Adjective
injūre
- vocative masculine singular of injūrus
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